Device foe makina lantern pinions



Patented Dec. 4,1883.

ZnveHZar k G B WEBB I DEVICE. FOR MAKING LANTERN PINIONS. Nq. 289,478.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE...

GEORGE BOARDMAlVWEBB, OE NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

' DEVICE FOR MAKING LANTERN-PINIONS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 289,478, dated December4, 1883, Application filed March 13, 1883. No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

' Be it known that LGEORGE B. WEBB, a citizen of the United States,residing at Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, haveinvented a new and useful Pinion-Filling Machine, of which thefollowingis a specification. a

The object of my invention is to furnish a tool that will, supersede thepurely-manual operation at present employed in filling lantern-pinions.l

The invention consists of a the needles in the grooves, a collarcarrying wires to force the needles throughthe grooves, and a cup orreservoir from which the needles are fed to the grooves, as hereinafterdescribed and claimed. i

In the drawing, A is the rod, having is lower portion grooved to receivethe needles, the upper portion or shank serving as aguide to the collarb, and also to carry the two stops, 6 and e. b is a collar sliding onthe shank of A, and carrying wires corresponding in number to thegrooves in which theyslide. c is a sleeve, which is fitted over thelower portion of A, covering the grooves. The lower portion of c isdivided by longitudinal slots, allowing the divisions to bebentinwardsamewhat, and thus act as springs, to prevent the needles fromdropping through. The cup (1 is fitted looselyon the sleeve 0. The cup(1 rod having grooves to guide the needles,,a sleeve to keep and bracket9 should be fixed to a vertical standard.

The machine is operated as follows: The cup is filled withpinion-needles. The rod is lowered until the uncovered part of thegrooves is immersed in the needles, then moved gently until the needles,falling in of their own weight, fill the grooves. The pinion to befilled is then placed, with its pivot. in the center of the rod, and thecollar, with wires brought down, forcing the needles into the pinion.This operation is repeated with successive pinions until the grooves areemptied.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent-- 1. The combination. in a pinion-filling ma chine. ofa rod, A, having grooves equal in and wires 1), sliding upon said rod,all substantially as set forth.

GEORGE BOARDMAN WEBB. Witnesses:

RUDOLPH ZEIT'IER, CORNELIUS M. POST, J r..

